The City of Bismarck’s Assessing Division has mailed notices to certain property owners with a 2023 real estate valuation increase. North Dakota Century Code requires that notices of increases be mailed to property owners with a property value increase of $3,000 and 10% or more of the prior year’s assessed value.
North Dakota Century Code also requires all property to be valued annually based on market values. Property valuations are annually adjusted based on prior year sales of comparable properties in the City. Other reasons for an adjustment may include properties with a new structure, remodel, structure addition, situations involving the expiration of an exemption, or any combination thereof.
“The one thing we really want to stress to anyone who has received these notices is that we encourage you to call us and ask us questions if there is anything you do not agree with on the notice,” said Bismarck City Assessor Allison Jensen. “It is going to be difficult for our office to make recommendations if someone were to come to the April 4 meeting without having talked with us. The only way we can recommend any potential changes at that April 4 meeting is if we have had a chance to review the property and to meet with the individuals who would be impacted by the valuation increase.”
Property owners who have questions can contact the City of Bismarck Assessing Division at 701-355-1630 prior to that meeting in April with questions or to initiate a review of the property valuation. After the Assessing Division’s review, property owners that want to appeal the valuation may do so to the City of Bismarck Board of Equalization on April 4 at 5:15 p.m. at City/County Building, 221 N 5th St., in the Tom Baker meeting room.
If the appeal is denied by the City of Bismarck’s Board of Equalization, citizens may also appeal their values with the Burleigh County Board of Equalization that meets on June 5, 2023.
To learn more about valuations, please visit the City's property assessment page. To request a reassessment of a property, please call 701-355-1630.